Socioeconomic Study of a Proposed Rail-like Rapid Transit System for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. Volume I. Executive Summary

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Socioeconomic Study of a Proposed Rail-like Rapid Transit System for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. Volume I. Executive Summary

A feasibility study of rapid transit for the St. Louis metropolitan area has recommended construction of a 100-mile rail-like system. Before detailed planning of the proposed system begins, however, a socioeconomic analysis was undertaken to investigate the major direct and indirect impacts of rapid transit and the ways in which area residents perceive its effects. User impacts are discussed with reference to savings in commuter travel time, vehicle operating cost, insurance, parking cost, and operations of the trucking industry. Non-user impacts include land-use and value changes, increased employment, environmental improvement, and augmentation of Civil Defense. With regard to perceptions of the proposed system, the authors examine transit planning in six other cities, recent voter behavior and media attitudes in St. Louis, attitudes of civic leaders and the general public, and major issues revealed in the surveys. Financing of the system and community autonomy were principal conerns of the leaders interviewed; principal voter concerns included environmental quality, employment, and the provision of basic urban services. (Author)